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  A question about lying and the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Change Name in

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  i have seen questions regarding how much jehovah's witnesses lie all the time on yahoo answers.

  here is the latest question:.

  jehovah's witnesses, is lying at any time something jehovah approves of?.

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  Dismissing servant

  This is very important:

  "Did the 1st century Christians lie that Jesus was going to return in their lifetime. Did Jesus lie about his traveling to the festival of the tabernacles. These were untruths but were not lies. "

  Yes, the persons that made people in the first century believe that Jesus would return in their lifetime were lying. Because he didn't arrive. Even if those persons believed that it would happen , it was still very deceptive. The consequenses for those who listened to it vere drastic.

  But OK, if you don't like the word liers, you can call them fasle prophets that believed their own false prophecies.

  Of course you can make i spin of it like Rutherford did after the big failure with the "millions" campaign and the 1925 failure. He stadedsomething like "it was anyhow a blessing, because it had a stimulating effect on the members preaching activity" (not an exact quote, I know, so in a way I'm probably a lier )
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  To those still "in"... how do these scriptures impact you?

  by leaving_quietly in

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  matt 7:13, 14: "go in through the narrow gate; because broad and spacious is the road leading off into destruction, and many are the ones going in through it; 14?whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road leading off into life, and few are the ones finding it.".

  matt 24:44: "on this account you too prove yourselves ready, because at an hour that you do not think to be it, the son of man is coming.".

  2 pet 3:3, 4: "for you know this first, that in the last days there will come ridiculers with their ridicule, proceeding according to their own desires 4?and saying: where is this promised presence of his?

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  Dismissing servant

  I think this is a good passage from the bible. It's from 1 Corinthians chapter 7:

  "26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

  29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away."

  Read i very carefully...Paul is really telling the gongregation not to have families, because the world was passing away. This was written some 1950,maybe 1960 years ago. The people that listened to Paul and gave up normal life was really fooled by a doomsday cult. Every person who have read these verses will know that the bible is plain bullshit. Don't be frightened by the bible.
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  A question about lying and the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Change Name in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have seen questions regarding how much jehovah's witnesses lie all the time on yahoo answers.

  here is the latest question:.

  jehovah's witnesses, is lying at any time something jehovah approves of?.

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  Dismissing servant

  I don't think he/she is trolling.........maybe he/she is just trying to do some wittnessing, In some way he/she seem to be interested in what we have to say. Change name has told us that he/she is not baptized, maybe this is some way for him/her to explore the XJV-community...and I think that's a good idea.
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  The results of the 2012 survey are published, and the new 2013 survey is now online!

  by cedars in

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  for those of you who are following our annual jw global survey, you will be pleased to know that the results have been published, and are available on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-jw-survey-results.pdf.

  i would urge as many as possible to take part in our new survey, which has been enhanced to implement some of the suggestions we received from those taking part in last year's poll.. anyway, i hope you find the 2012 results helpful and enjoy taking part in our new survey.. by all means share your thoughts on the results on this thread, not to mention any suggestions that will help make the 2014 survey better still!

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  Dismissing servant

  Yes, of course I hope you keep it going, I think it is a good survey, with well posed questions. I was just a bit surprized with some percentages. But, I do really think we can spot some tendencies among the JW-population.

  Nice work, Cedars. I hope i didn't offend you with my question.
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  Are Peeps for True Christians?

  by rebel8 in

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  with appreciation of the "are cats for true christians?

  " people.... are peeps for true christians?.

  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:applybreakingrules /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:usefelayout /> </w:compatibility> <w:browserlevel>microsoftinternetexplorer4</w:browserlevel> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].

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  Dismissing servant

  Yes, Eden One! In that case there would be an interesting book release during this summers conventions! Go for it Rebel! :)
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  The results of the 2012 survey are published, and the new 2013 survey is now online!

  by cedars in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those of you who are following our annual jw global survey, you will be pleased to know that the results have been published, and are available on the link below.... http://jwsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2012-jw-survey-results.pdf.

  i would urge as many as possible to take part in our new survey, which has been enhanced to implement some of the suggestions we received from those taking part in last year's poll.. anyway, i hope you find the 2012 results helpful and enjoy taking part in our new survey.. by all means share your thoughts on the results on this thread, not to mention any suggestions that will help make the 2014 survey better still!

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  Dismissing servant

  Yes..but, how did you Cedars select the respondants? I think some figures are overestimated.....maybe the most loyal JW are less prone to participate in studies like yours? But I think it anyhow shows some interesting tendencies.
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  A question about lying and the Jehovah's Witnesses

  by Change Name in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i have seen questions regarding how much jehovah's witnesses lie all the time on yahoo answers.

  here is the latest question:.

  jehovah's witnesses, is lying at any time something jehovah approves of?.

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  Dismissing servant

  Jesus came invisibly in 1874 untill the the 1930's, when 1914 was re-introduced. I wonder how many now living JW's that are aware of that. I had no idea when I was a JW, in fact I learned this just some years ago.

  But it is an interesting fact that the year 1914 was just a failure for a lot of years.
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  Are Peeps for True Christians?

  by rebel8 in

  1. jw
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  with appreciation of the "are cats for true christians?

  " people.... are peeps for true christians?.

  [if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>normal</w:view> <w:zoom>0</w:zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables /> <w:snaptogridincell /> <w:applybreakingrules /> <w:wraptextwithpunct /> <w:useasianbreakrules /> <w:usefelayout /> </w:compatibility> <w:browserlevel>microsoftinternetexplorer4</w:browserlevel> </w:worddocument> </xml><![endif].

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  Dismissing servant

  Hey, Rebel 8...they don't need any peep-show.....they have the masturbation video!
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  Anyone noticed a curiosity on the Memorial Invitation for 2013 ?

  by EdenOne in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i can't scan the memorial invitation for 2013, but i was looking at it today and noticed something curious on the front drawing.. we have jesus as the central figure of the composition.

  to his right and bottom, a large crown, in colour, of shiny happy people of diverse origins.. separated from this by the figure of jesus, is another group, a much smaller one, on the left and as if ascending to the top, and grayed.. clearly portrayed in this group is the face of ct russell and apparently william tyndale.

  but then, also sarah and abraham and other personalities of the ot seem to be represented there.

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  Dismissing servant

  So, Janeway and Obama are among the annointed? The'll have to buy more wine!
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  The real problem with Watchtower.

  by Rattigan350 in

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  a topic on here about 1975 prompted me to write about how, for me, that is and never was or will be an issue.. also, the 144,000 and 'two classes' with memorial partaking, and child abuse are not issues with this religion.

  everyone has their unique teachings and personnel problems.. the real problem with this religion was highlighted in the 2008 yearbook.

  it gave a story of a young woman who was from estonia who was on the equivalent of american idol for estonia.

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  Dismissing servant

  This is the differnnce between religions and cults. Religions can teach the most outright stupid things.....but cults deprive people their freedom. A cult is not a cult mainly for it's theology.